Letters, 1863-1873.

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Letters, 1863-1873.

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Four letters addressed to Dr. H.R. Godman in Terry (Hinds County), Mississippi and one to his wife Emeline Ward in Edgefield Depot, South Carolina. The letters concern family and business matters, except one to Godman from W. Phillips in Demopolis, Alabama, giving him power of attorney over Phillips' property in Mississippi during the Civil War and instructions for its disposal.

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University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7396325

University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library

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Confederate States of America

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During the Civil War, the Confederate States of America issued their own currency notes. These circulated like cash, but were technically bills of credit. At the beginning of the war, they circulated widely, but by the end of the war they had lost nearly all their value. Many of the bills remained in private hands after the war and became collectible as memorabilia. Other bills, which the Union Army had confiscated, were in the hands of the United States War Department; it transferred them to th...

Godman, Harry R., 1826-1878.

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Godman was born in 1826 in Maryland, married Emeline Ward, and moved to Terry (Hinds County), Mississippi between 1860 and 1863, where he lived until his death in 1878. From the description of Letters, 1863-1873. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 37756047 ...

Godman, Harry S., 1826-1878.

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